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* [[Anvilicious]]: The destruction of the starships ''Sovereignty of the People'' and ''Equality'' by {{spoiler|[[State Sec]]}} during the coup that put {{spoiler|Saint-Just}} in power.
** Also, just about anything to do with politics. The good guys' political opponents tend to be horribly stupid and foolish, except for those who are actively evil. Socialism and the decay of the educational system are things that make a Republic into a [[People's Republic of Tyranny|People's Republic]], and helpful military actions are always stymied by [[Head in The Sand Management|people railing against "imperialist adventures".]]
*** The [[Anvilicious]] Revolutionary France parallels go beyond just Rob S. Pierre: His co-conspirator and successor is [
* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: Impeller signatures can be detected FTL. Since [
* [[Broken Base]]: A number of readers have complained it [[Jumping the Shark|jumped the shark]] after about the fourth book—perhaps because they wanted it to continue being a light space opera rather than [[Cerebus Syndrome|morph into a political conspiracy epic]].
* [[Canon Sue]]: A frequent accusation leveled at Honor, occasionally even in the books themselves, depending on how you interpret the lines in question. [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Pavel Young and William Fitzclarence]] ruminated about it at length, but Oscar St.-Just sums it up best near the beginning of ''Ashes of Victory'':
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